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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
6
Theodore Bundy the suspected killer was recaptured near Aspen after a driver observed slumped behind the wheel and police halted the car. Bundy, exhausted and exposed, had escaped from a Pitkin County courthouse last week and faced trial for Caryn Campbell’s murder.
UPI reports Ted Patrick, 47, of San Diego, asserts his deprogramming acts restore religious freedom and deny no rights. He notes 1,300 efforts with 30 failures while preparing to leave Denver County Jail on July 2 after a false imprisonment sentence for abductions of Kathy Maris and Dena Thomas.
Boise UP I The Youth Conservation Corps program of Idaho Parks and Recreation opens with 80 youths aged 15 to 18. They work 30 hours weekly for pay and receive 10 hours of environmental education. Participants will serve at Farragut Heyburn Ponderosa Malheur Harriman and Veterans memorial state parks with varied duties from trail work to signs and terrarium displays.
James Earl Ray, the confessed assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was captured by a bloodhound posse in the Cumberland Mountain country near Brushy Mountain State Prison after a 54 hour manhunt. Ray surrendered at 2 a.m. EDT near a gold mining camp called Coyote, ending a dramatic prison break in which six inmates escaped.
Twin Falls Times-News reports Rep George Hansen may face more than one challenger in Idaho's second district primary. Idaho Republican chair Velma Ravenscroft says she may run if party support and finances align. State Senator Dane Watkins of Idaho Falls weighs a bid and plans talks with Ravenscroft.
Betty B Williams of Ketchum Idaho was declared legally dead by Fifth District Judge Douglas Kramer with March 15 as the death date. Her three surviving sons plan to sue Pacific Far East Lines for 15 million dollars, alleging death caused by the line's intentional misconduct or negligence after she disappeared from a ship west of Hawaii.
Idaho state agencies probe a mysterious 50 000 to 60 000 fish kill along a 20 mile Payette River stretch from New Plymouth to Payette. Algaecide Aeroline is suspected. rapid dissipation hinders tracing. Whitefish and suckers affected. area remains open to fishing with cautions on use of caught fish for consumption.
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